Dating-machine.



E. E. GREGORY. DATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE a, 1913.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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ATTORNEYS ELI E. GREGORY OF CENTRAL CITY, KENTUCKY.

DATING-MACHIN E.

Application filed June 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Oct. 14,1913. i913. Serial No. 772,073.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ELI E. GREGORY, a;

citizen of the United States, anda resident? of Central City, in the county of Muhlen- .berg and Stateof Kentucky," haveinvented; a new and useful Improvement in Dating-l Machines, of which the following is a speoi-' fication.

My present invention relates to dating, .machines,- particularly adapted for use in. *banks, realestate' and loan offices, and more; particularly .to an .apparatus embodying? .starnping wheels for theyears, months, and; jays of the months, having mearls advanc-i .ing a. predetermined. number of days? through a single actuation of a certain poi; tion of the'machine for this purpose. i Where a series of notes are made and; similarly dated by the'use of this machine; ,toshownthe time of making, and partiou-{ 'larly where the'notes are to run thirty; sixty and ninety days and soon, the machine which my invent-ion proposes may be set. by a single operation to pro erly date the: time of maturity upon the t irty day note;'

i and through subsequent operations tosimi-i -.1arlyapply the dates of ma turity of the longer time notes, each actuation advancing: the date'printed thirty days.

The: means bywhich I accomplish the" above and arrange for a uniform jump of thirty days, allowing for a difference be tween thosemonths having thirty'days and ingfor the month of February which ordinarily has onlytwenty-eight days; are clearly shown in the accompanying drawfront elevation of m im- ;proved dating machine, Fig-.2 is asi e' elevation' thereof, Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the lower portion thereof, Fig.-

Re erring now to these fi 'res,:th'e frame {A .of m improved machine s provided withahande a at its upper endand withspaced 'dependlngextensionsa and a jou naled .ii-t hrough which adjacenttheir up r inner .en'dsisa shaft-B,;having athuni -pi ece b a t one end adjacent the frame extension a, and havinga'solid wheel-B secured upon ggpbgitefin gbeyond the. extensiolifa' and those having thirty-one days and alsoallow 35 the latter. As particularly. seen in Fig.2, the outer surface of the wheel B is properipheral pins 6, the periphery of the wheel being divided into twelve equal parts and each of the pins b thus 'equi distantly spaced corresponds with the month of the year,'the pins of the'months'having thirtyone days being one-third longer than those pins of the months having'thirt; days, and

removable and dispensed with except dill? ing a leap year when a pin of oile third of the length of the longest ins is used. The wheel B is also provide therefrom, each of which pins is located in alinement with one of the pins 1):. Journaled also transversely betweenthe frame extensions at a point between the ends of the latter and substantially below the shaft B, is a shaft C, upon one end of which outside of the frame extension (1 is secured a toothed segment C',-this shaftbeing also fingerc' at its eXtremity.- Thetoothe segfmentC has thirty-three teeth and is pro- 'vided with-a handle 0 by which it"may, be moved in the arc of a circle until it-o'omes frame extension a.

Journaled through the frame je 'rtensions aand 0, below the shaft :0 is a shaft D upon one outer end of w-hichis loosely dis- D thereon between the said frame..lextenions Secured upon this shaftvDadjacent to the gear wheel d is .a ratchet-Wheel d with which engage pawls (1 carried by said segment C in the direction, indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, causesrotatio'n of the day wheel D, as indicated also by an arrow in this figure, the peripheryof this day wheel spaced around its periphery.

tively, the shaft E carrying the nonth wheel E and the shaft F carrying the year wheel F, and these shafts being in axial alinevided with a series of radially projecting intolcontact withla stop a mountedon the gear wheel. Thus movement of. the toothedhaving thirty-one day stamps equi-distantly J ournaled transversely through t-li elout'er arranged to lie against the outer surface of the pin for the month of February being with a'se'ries of plns 1;, extending laterally and outwardly provided with anarrn 0 having. as ringposed a toothed wheel d havingzthirty-one. teeth and in mesh with the toothed segment- C, this shaft D also carrying the-day wheel lower extremities of the frame extensions a and (I. are a pair of shafts-Band F. reSpeC--'- ment and their respective wheels located andwith their peripheral month and year c. stamps adapted to extend flush with the similarl to.

lowermost portions of the said day wheel.-

Ihe month wheel E is provided with a circular series of equi-distantly spaced pins e pro ecting" inwai-dly toward the day, wheel and each of which is arranged opposite one of its peripheral month stamps, and the year wheel F is similarly provided with a plurality of pins f. The day wheel D is provided with a ta'ppet pin extending and movable laterally therethrough at some distance from its peripheral edge, this pin bemg normally held in such a position as to project sufficiently far toward the month whee to prevent its contact with the pins f of the year wheel, by means of a fiat spring d secured to the day wheel and engaging with the tappet pin at its free end. Thus the tappet pin (1 will strike the upper pin of the series e of the month wheel during each revolution of the former and preferably as the thirty-first day stamp passes the printing position at the lowermost portion of the wheel. In order to actuate the year wheel F when proper, the pin e 0pposite the month of June is provided with a beveled portion e upon which the adja cent end of the tappet pin d rides, causing longitudinal movement of the said pin laterally through the day wheel against the tension of its spring d so as to thrust its opposite end in engagement with the upper pm of the series f of the year wheel F and thus turn the year wheel one space, this operation of course taking place once during every complete rotation of the month wheel. The several shaft D,-E and F are prevented from accidental rotation by means of their pawls and toothed Wheels d, e andf respectively, the pawl in each instance being. mounted on the frame, and each of the shafts may be independently ad justed by means of its thumbiece located at one end thereof. Thus with the day, month and year wheels set to properly and date a series of notes, the day upon w ich the notes are made, a single actuation of the toothed segment 0 in the manner above described, will serve to advance the lowermost printing dates thirty days and the first note may -be stamped its date of maturity, supposing it to be a thirty day note'b virtue of the fact that the segment C iias its stroke controlled b wheel B in such manner as to shorten tii e stroke for those months having 31 days, and lengthen the stroke for the month' of February, as above explained. In like manner a second actuation of the toothed seg ment 0' serves to advance the lowermost printing date thirty days more and the next note may be given its date of maturity,

,has thirty-one days.

supposing it to be-a sixty day note. Sup- I posing now the date of B is July 15, and the note a thirty day one. Obviously, a full stroke of the segment C would carry the date wheels to Aug. 15, which would be incorrect, as July Owing to the fact, however, that the pin 1) opp0site July on the wheel B is one third longer than the pins opposite those months having thirty days, the stroke of segment C will be shortened a distance corresponding to one tooth, so that the date wheels will be carried around to August 14, as is proper. F urthermore, when February comes into consideration, which ordinarily has no pin 1), the stroke of the segment-will be lengthened in turning the date wheels from a date of this month to a date in March to compensate for the fact that this month has only twenty-eight days. Thus by additional actuations of the toothed segment C the making a note to entire series of notes may be properly dated with their respective dates of maturity, posing the notes .to advance thirty with respect to one another and while apparent that as shown, my dating machine is limited to notes advancing by thirty days through a series, it is to be understood that slight rearrangement of the parts will adapt the same to use in connection with ten, fifteen, and twenty day notes, the operation being, as a whole, substantially the same as that above described.

It is to be understood that the series of pins 6' of the wheel B first described, serve to limit the rearward stroke of the toothed segment C in order that allowance be made for those months having more or less than thirty days, the wheel B being rotated as each operation takes place by the contact of the spring finger c with the lowermost pin of the series I)", shaft B being prevented from accidental rotation by its pawl and toothed wheels 6 I claim 1. In a dating machine of the character described, the combination of a frame, pro gressively movable day, month and year stamping wheels rotatable in the frame, an actuating member having connection with the da wheel and movable to actuate the day w eel a distance corresponding to a predetermined number of days, and a memher also movable in the frame and having means whereby to limit each stroke of the actuating member.

2. In a dating machine of the character described, the combination of a frame, progressively movable day, month and year stamping wheels rotatable in the frame, an actuating member having connection with the day wheel and movable to actuate the said Wheel a distance corresponding to'a predetermined number of days, andan adsupdays it is.

' and also provided with a lurality of pins of various lengths a adapte ..to be brought llustable member mounted in the frame and actuating member, said adjusting member having connection with the day actuating" member whereby to cause its adjustment upon each stroke of the latter.

' 3.1a adating machine of the character described, the combination of a frame, progressively movable day, month and year stamping wheels, rotatable in the frame, a gear wheel having connectiom'with'thefday wheel, a segment gear in engagement with the gear Wheel and .having a limited movement in the frame,and acontrolling Wheel having connection ivith' the segment gear whereby to cause adjustment off-the former,

successively in al/ihement with the. segment gear'and control the stroke of the latter.

4:. In a dating machine of the character described,- th combination ofa frame, progressively ,lmovable day, month and year wheels rotatable in the frame, a gear wheel having connection with the day Wheel, a-

seg'ment gear movable in the frame'and in mesh-"with the gear wheel, an adjustable con trolling wheel mounted in the frame and y'ar'ious lengths adapted to be brought sue-- having'a plurality of projecting pins of '30 'aving means to control each stroke of the eessrvely tnto aligmnt with the segment jecting pins, and an arm carried by the seg-' mentgear and adapted to engage a pin of the said second set, whereby to automatically adjust the controlling wheel upon each stroke of the segment gear.

. 5. Ina dating machine of the character described, the combination of a frame, a day stamping wheel rotatable in the frame, month and year stamping wheels rotatable in the frame upon opposite sides of the said day wheel, and each provided with a series of pins projecting inwardly therefrom toward the day wheel, a spring controlled, laterally movable pin vcarried by the day wheel and normally projecting toward the month wheel whereby to engage a pin of the month wheel andmove the latter during each rotation of the day wheel, one of the pins of the month wheel being provided with an inclined portion for engagementwith the said day wheel pin whereby to move the latter toward and in engagement with a pin of the year wheel all for the purpose described' ELI E. GREGORY.

Witnesses: v

A. L. BLANDFORD, I. B. HnNonroli. 

